The Maternity & Women's Health Care text book is really good. I think its written by Lowdermilk? WebMD also has some good information if you don't want to buy any more books. Labor Stages and Baby...
The question came from a case study so they didn't give me much to go by. The patient came in for a respiratory infection. He is a 2 pack-a-day smoker with a Hx of COPD. Currently he has sortness of...
Does anyone know why a patient with COPD would be recieving IV D5W at 125ml/hr? I know D5W is used for caloric replacement but I wasnt sure if that is the only reason why they would be recieving this...